This subnotebook from a bygone era lay unnoticed on my “notebook mountain” for years: It was originally purchased by my brother as a highly mobile travel device with […]
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LP-Gameserver
This notebook served us well for many years as the predecessor to the Lenovo ThinkPad W540 in our living room as a general-purpose computer. Since it doesn’t really […]
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Lenovo ThinkPad T440s
This notebook is primarily used as a replacement device or for setting up networks. Some automotive software is also installed, with VCDS being used particularly often. Battery life […]
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Lenovo ThinkPad W540
This workstation notebook is used by us as a general-purpose PC and is permanently located in its docking station on the living room table. Hardware: Base Lenovo ThinkPad […]
Lenovo ThinkPad W540 – Liquid Metal
This otherwise really good but now outdated workstation notebook from Lenovo had major thermal problems right from the start. My model has the most powerful non-Extreme mobile processor […]
Perfect fan control on Lenovo ThinkPads
Like many others, I have found that the fan curves of various ThinkPads are not ideally chosen. In less powerful models (such as our T440s with a 15-watt […]
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Acer Veriton XP PC
This Acer Veriton, formerly used as an office PC, has been upgraded over the years exclusively with salvaged parts. For a long time, this computer stood around unused […]
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Retro-XP-PC
Revision 1.1 (01/2026) | Revision 1 (11/2025) This tower PC, which is by no means over-equipped and certainly not particularly heavy, has no specific purpose. It is best suited to […]
Retro-XP-PC #12:
Overclocking
I proceeded as usual when overclocking the system. Requirements: XMP first First, I activated the stored 2400 MHz XMP profile in the BIOS. After a few minutes of […]